Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Sturgis
and Rebecca (Thacher) Sturgis
Sister of
Rebecca Sturgis, Hannah (Sturgis) Matthews, Bethiah (Sturgis) Gorham, Temperance Sturgis, Thankful (Sturgis) Hallett and James Sturgis
Wife of
Gershom Davis
— married
24 Feb 1725 in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
James Davis
Died
at age 23
in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Elizabeth Sturgis was born in December 1703, to James Sturgis and Rebecca (Thacher) Sturgis of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1][2][3][4]
On February 24, 1725, Elizabeth married farmer Gersham Davis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[5] The couple had one child, a son they named James.
Elizabeth passed away on June 6, 1727, in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1][4] She is buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave memorial for Elizabeth (Sturgis) Davis
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com image here
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Ancestry.com image here
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Book Title: Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-Arms. Ancestry.com images here and here
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com image here
- Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts. Saco Valley Settlements and Families (Portland Me., 1874)Page 610.
- Totten, John. Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, 1910) Page 181.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 September 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Sturgis Davis (Dec 1703–6 Jun 1727), Find a Grave Memorial no. 139086370, citing Cobb's Hill Cemetery (East and West), Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Caryn (contributor 47509429) Find A Grave: Memorial #139086370.
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